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f t1 J V- V" I V 7V "'J "T ' I TTME IPLATTSidDaiTrtH JaDOJn&rMLL UNITED PRESS AND NWNS SERVICE SECTION TWO CASS COUNTY'S NEWSpaper The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 ? Puh,Hshd s"ml-weekly. Mondays and Thurs days, at 40&-41J Main Street. 1'Uttsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRAKK H. SMITH Editor BERNARD A. WOOD ... .Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor Jassoaartonr SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year In Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mall outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Platts mouth, 15 cents for two we'efs. Entered at the Postoffloe at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second mall matter in ac cordance with the Act of Congrcbs of inarch 3, 1S79. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Xoth'uu; is more unpleasant than a virtu ous person leith a mean mind. -Walter r.oqehot EDITORIALS ;.vi MALIK'S TALK MEANINGLESS There is no reason for anybody to jret excited over the news story that records the declaration of Jacob A. Malik, one of Russia's top diplomats, that he favors a meeting of top leaders of the United States and Russia to negotiate for peace. Making his statement to a "Maryland ' Committee for Peace," the Russian ex pressed his approval of practically every ; thing that looks like peace. He declared that the Russian government would pledge not to be the first to use the atomic bomb. - He was also in favor of general disarma J ment, the outlawing of atomic weapons and the free interchange of ideas and in formation between the peoples of the two countries. There is nothing in the record of rela tions between the United States and Soviet Russia to indicate that the statement is i anything more than propaganda. At no time has the Russian Government given I any indication of a change in attitude , which alone would make possible a suc cessful conference between the diplomats , of the two nations. Moreover, the words of , the diplomat are belied by the activities " of his government which, so far, show no indication of change. The situation is aptly summed up by Lincoln White, press officer of the State Department, who declared: "We have had C enough of words. What is needed now is action to give practical effect to these ex pressions of good intention." Only when there i.s "action" along the lines suggested i ) by Mr. White will there be any need for ' the people of the United States to pay at t tention to the propaganda line of Russian i officials. DEFENSE AGAINST AIR ATTACK The President has submitted to Congress " a report revealing a master plan for organ izing civil defense against air attack throughout the United States and its ter- ritories. The Chief Executive suggests that Con gress study the report before introducing . legislation. Meanwhile, the Chief Execu tive plans to go ahead and establish a full defense administration on a temporary basis, using emergency funds to get the new agency started. President Truman declares that the plan under consideration will require the un selfish participation of many hundreds of thousands of citizens. Present plans call for a beginning at the state government level and the national government will not exercise -operational control but will at tempt to coordinate defense operations and establish and supervise air-raid warning systems and the requisite communications networks. Some 125,000 copies of the report, con taining 162 pages, will be sent out to state and territorial governors, mayors of mu nicipalities of 5,000 population and over, state civil defense directors, members of Congress, high government officials and newspapers and radio stations. We know that there are some citizens who assume that these plans are unneces sary. Nevertheless, if war comes to this country, there i.s the possibility that we will need such a program in order to en able stricken areas to act effectively in meeting the emergency. Because it would be foolish to imagine that the United States is immune from enemy damage, it would be equally foolish to ignore the ne cessity of planning to meet tfuch an occur rence in the event of war. I' Furse's Fresh Flashes A local man just back from the hospital says they call one of the nurses up there "Appendix" because only doctors can take her out. K -K Read this statement by a famous dress designer the other day: "Black is a good reliable color in which a woman can't go wrong." Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, tells us that evidently this person hasn't been around very much. . It sounds much more dignified to say that we are moving in cycles rather than running in circles, but it amounts to the same thing. -It We are thankful that spurs are not standard equipment with these Hopalong cowbov outfits. The hardest thing in the world to keep in cold storage is a warm temper. -K The great trouble with helping the man who asks for assistance is that he will be back the next week asking for more. -lie A hick town is where a man develops character instead of a reputation. If you are worried about taxes in 1950, you can start thinking what thev will be in 1953. -k Which reminds us that Christmas is only eleven weeks away do your Christmas shopping early and pay cash ! OFFICIALLY U. S. IS AT WAR The people of the United States who clamored for the immediate return of Am erican service men from overseas, when the actual fighting ended in Germany and Japan, will realize their mistake when we point out that up to this time no peace treaty has been made with either Germany or Japan. The state of war continues so far as of ficial declaration is concerned, certain ec onomic and legislative controls are in force and there is considerable difference of opinion as to the methods to be used in re laxing these controls. No unanimity of op inion is yet apparent on the extent to which the governments of these nations can be returned to the full control of their citizens. DOWN MEMORY LANE OA YEARS AGO . . . Lj Bernard Galloway, one of Platts mouth graduate students who are enrolled at Peru State Teachers College was elected , president of the junior class . . . Miss Pa tricia Ferrie was selected to be "Miss Plattsmouth" at bridge opening on Octo ber 17th; choice was made by members of the high school classes . . . Bess Gearheart Morrison, noted speaker and reader, ap peared in dramatic reading "The Woman Hater" at the Presbyterian church spon sored by the Q. Z. society . . . Mrs. Alice Pollock Perry entertained at a one o'clock luncheon at her farm home, members of the Rockford College Club of Omaha com posed of a group of ladies who were form er students at Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois. I A YEARS AGO . . . XU Cass County 4-H Clubs were represen ted by 14 boys and three girls entering their prize seeking baby beeves or swine in the competition featuring the thirteenth annual livestock and horse show at Aksar ben, Omaha . . . Misses Florine, Kathleen, Ruth. N orma and Betty Schafer of Nehaw ka, Helen Puis of Murray, Wilma Fried rich, Maria Lentz and Rev. A. L. Lentz of Cedar Creek and Marilyn Hennings of Louisville attended the choral union re hearsal at Nebraska City . . . John V. Stapp engaged on river work with the en gineering staff was locating at Nebraska City with the transfer of the offices to that "point . . . Mr. and Mrs. Leland Laase announced the birth of a daughter Oct. 1. (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: DREW PEARSON SAYS: KREMLIN COUNTED ON AMERICAN INERTIA IN KOREA; RUSSIA WILL TALK PEACE TO APPEASE U. S. ; AM VETS COMMANDER URGES "PREVEN TIVE STRENGTH." WASHINGTON: It is now nnssiMp to get a reasonably accurate picture of what the Kremlin had in mmd when it in vaded Korea and the impact our victory has had on Kremlin thinkiner. This Dicture comes from intelligence information piec ed together from various parts of the world and, while its accuracy is not cop per-rivlted, it is probably reasonably cor rect. BRIEF RESPITE f HE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, October 5, 1950 PAGE ON"' 1 lllashiagtoa At the time of the Korean in vasion, the Kremlin was con vinced that the United States would not resist. This conviction came partly from the Soviet em bassy in Washington and was unwittingly confirmed by the top U. S. adviser to South Korea. Col. John E. Baird. through his Korean mistress. Kim Soo Im. Through the unsuspecting Baird the Korean Mata Hari learned of various secret directives, all showing we had written off Korea and did not plan to re turn in case of North Korean attack. Subsequent events indicate that Colonel Baird may have done his country a great favor. For. banking on American in ertia and the difficulty of mo bilizing the United Nations, the Kremlin had prepared a series Of "revolts" in other areas tc lollow the Korean attack Formosa. Tibet. French Indo china, civil war in North India, an invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, an Azerbaijan attack on Iran, and a drive to push tht Allies out of West Germany. If these could be accomplish ed, the Kremlin planners were convinced that anti-Communist governments in France and Italy would fall and the history of Czechoslovakia would be re peated. UPSET TIMETABLE What upset the Kremlin time table was the sudden decision of President Truman to order U. S troops into Korea plus Secre tary Acheson's well-planned ma neuver to get U. N. Security Council approval for our count erattack. From two reliable sources, we know that the Kremlin was dumbfounded. The 14 men in the Politburo had never expected anything like this, and the Soviet Em bassy in Washington was order ed to report immediately as to what went wrong. This upset threw other Soviet moves off schedule. Communist troops, it will be recalled, were all set to invade both Formosa and Yugoslavia, but the attacks were delayed for reconsideration of strategy. WHAT NEXT FROM KREMLIN? Wrhat will happen next is hard to predict. However, two factors seem worth examining. Because the Kremlin's intelligence was so bad regarding Korea, they an pear to be worried about trust- ing intelligence reports from ; other countries. Also it appears certain that the current peace front which Malik and Vishinsky are wagine ; at Lake Success is aimed to lull : us back to appeasement. The last thing the Russians : want is an alert, heavily armed U. S. A. Hence the friendlier speeches, the rumors of a Stalin-Truman meeting and the talk that Vishinsky will attend an American football game. Meanwhile there will be riots and exploratory probings in j Germany, probable uprisings in i Azerbaijan, plus Communist suc cesses in Indo-China. If we appease, the Kremlii will go back to its old bulldoz ing. If we continue tough. thev should be a bona fide change in Kremlin policy though this would be a miracle. HEADLINES BRING TROUBLE' II. S. T. President Truman got some stimulating ideas on how to ' win the peace" the other da from Harold Russell, armless Commander of Amvets and star of the movie, 'Best Years of Our Lives." "Instead of waging a "preven titive war' against Russia, as some people advocate, our policy should be one of 'preventive strength'," suggested Russell. That doesn't mean we have to hold still waiting for any fur ; ther acts of Soviet aggression. ! But it does mean that the door for peace must be left open at the U. N. conference table. I'm not one of those who believe Vctteraes' CoMmmo By RICHAR& C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer HOSPITALIZATION BENEFITS: Many veterans are unable to understand why it is often dif ficult to obtain hospitalization in a VA hospital when they be lieve they are entitled to the benefits. Usually it is not a mat ter of entitlement but rather a lack of facilities which maks necessary adherence to an order of priority. The order of prefer ence for admission to a VA hos pital is: r irst war ' veterans requir ing hospitaliza tion for a ser . vice connected 5 disability. 1 Second Vet erans of peace time service re quiring hospit alization for 'disability be cause of which , thev were dis- Richard Peck charged on S.l C. D. or fori which they are receiving a pen-! sion. i Third Veterans honorably ! discharged from war service and j those veterans of peace time ' who were either discharged fori disability incurred in the line of duty or are receiving a pensi-n because of service connected disability who require hospital ization for a non-service con nected disability. ALWAYS, emergent cases in each of the above groups re ceive first consideration. EMPLOYMENT AT OMAHA VA HOSPITAL: A number of opportunities for employment at the new VA hos pital in Omaha are now open. All applications must be made through Civil Service. Those w-ho are interested should ob tain application blanks from the Postmaster and file them as in structed without dlay. There are some good job opportunities here which should not be over looked by veterans of this area. VETERANS' BENEFITS UNDER NEW SOCIAL SECURITY LAW: The new social security law provides that veterans of World War II will receive wage credits of $160 per month for the timp spent in service. This law will eventually result in substantial ly increased benefits due ser vicemen under the Social Se curity Retirement provisions. that war with Russia is inevit able." The Amvets chief hotly as sailed Congress for failing to pass an excess profits tax and for appropriating more money for 'pork barrel' projects than for atomic research. 'Profit dollars should go to war the same as men." declared Russell. "Our guys are fighting and dying in battle and unless we back them up at home, the whole thing becomes a mockery. We've all eot to make sacrifices industry, labor, the farmer -all of us." "Everything you've said makes sense to me." agreed the Presi dent. He added that he was grateful to Amvets for not wag ing a personal war on his cab inet, 'like some outfits." ' That would have put you in the headlines," said Truman, "but I didn't go after headlines, either, when I was chairman of the Senate war investigatint? committee. And yet in a poll conducted by a leading maga zine (Look). I was the onlv member of Congress chosen among the 10 'most useful' gov ernment officials." His problems really started when he began to get big head lines, added the president. "Now look at the trouble I'm in " CIVILIAN DEFENSE NEPOTISM Civilian war mobilizer Stuart Symington is one of the most efficient operators in govern ment, but he has one weakness his family. On the same day President Truman sent his special message to Congress warning American cities to prepare for atomic at tack, he left the vitally impor tant job of preparing these cit ies against attack in the hands of a charming socialite who go his job only because he was Symington's brother-in-law. Jerry Wadsworth. now actin' head of civilian defense, is a tall amiable, teddy-bear sort of in dividual, who at the age of 50 has made no career for himself, but happens to have two pot relatives (1) His father, GOP Congressman James Wadsworth of New York; and 2 His brother-in-law. Democrat Stuart Svm- ington, former secretary for air ana now nead of the national securitv resources board. Frorr his father he gets a boost from the Republican, and from hi? brother-in-law he gets help from the Democrats. In fact, shortly after Svmin? ton came to Washington as war assets administrator, likable, in experienced brother-in-law Jer ry turned up as his assistant Later, when Symington was eiven the security board. hi? brother-in-law came to work under him in civiiia'n defense. Now. with the resignation of Paul Larson as chief of civili" defonse, Wadsworth is left ir acting charge of the job on" held by dvnamic Mayor Fiorellr La Guardia of New York. And this is an atomic age! A TURN FOR THE BETTER in the Korean war news, the up aeaval in the President's cabinet drought about by the resignation f Secretary of Defense Louis John- ion, the unexpectedly bitter de sunciation of Gen. George C. Mar shall by Sen. William E. Jenner of Indiana, and the first orders of the aew war production control organi zation were the highlights of the Washington picture recently f Johnson's resignation was not expected until after the No vember elections had eased some of the pressure upon Pres ident Truman for the alleged sins of omission in the pre paredness program in Korea. Hut despite these charges the navy, the army, the air force and the entire defense set-up have performed a miracle of logistics in the transportation of men and material over the 6,009 mile supply line to Korea, as evidenced by the recent landings of upwards of 40,000 men and a mountain of mate rial at the new Seoul front. It is significant that the same people who were loudest in their praise of Johnson's economies a tcr months ago are now loud est in their denunciation of the ousted defense chief, and tint our military defense as t ".- denced by recent happenings . 1 Korea were not as weak as 1 first few weeks of the war indi cated. The Johnson resignation is con sidered here a great victory lor Secretary of State Dean Achcson and his far east foreign policy, and those rounding the hue and cry for Acheson's resignation have been diminished to a handful, headed by Senators Wherry of Nebraska and McCarthy of Wisconsin. a In the meantime, two rather im portant measures have gone over the congressional hurdles one to provide authorization for between $150 million and $170 million in fed eral aid for school construction, the other measure to provide a five year armory construction program of $50 miilion a year, the federal government providing 75 per cent and the states supplying 25 per cent. As finally adopted, the new tax bill will increase individual income taxes about 17 per cent and corpor ation taxes about 15 per cent. In general, the individual income tax boosts will about equal the tax cuts voted in 1945 and 1948. Agreement was reached to let the excess profits provision wait until next year, but to draw up such a measure early in 1951 and make it retroactive on cor poration profits to July 1, 1950. ( jprKxB ' Among other late action was a bill to shelve cotton acreage allotments, but to set up pea nut acreage quotas for 1951 and 195?; postponement of action on the controversial senate-passed central Arizona project; appro--al and authorization of construc tion of the $7C-million Palisades dam project in Idaho; granting; the states permission to set up home guards while the national guard is serving abroad and authorizing the federal govern ment to supply the arms and ammunition for these home guard units; and placing at the bottom of the list of must legi slation the two statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii. The senate has set up a sub-com-mitte of its armed services com mittee to serve as a watch-dog for investigation of the national defense j-rogram. The r.ew seven-member sroup is headed by Senator Lyndon Johnson cf Texas and will act simi larly to the old Truman war in vest.'.'ating committee. The com mit'.cv has the blessing of President j Truman and, by its own admission. it is r re-posed to "reactivate the Truman committee which showed so effectively 'what a legislative investigating committee could do during a grave emergency when close understanding btrUveen the legislative arid executive branches is essfntial to the national securi ty." Its primary objective, according" to Senator Johnson, is to develop the supply of natural and synthetic rubber and put the surplus proper ty disposal system in line with national emergency demands. It is concerned not merely with the Korean war, but 'with any future war, hot or cold, military or eco nomic, declared or undeclared. LETTER BOX The Journal welcomes letters from readers for this column on anv subject. Your name must be Rignd to all articles intended for publication, however. by request, it can be omittfd from the letter appearinr ln print. (Contents do not ii--esarily express the opin ions of this ntwsDaper.) Plattsmouth Schools . Music Department September 21, 1950 Journal Plattsmouth. Neb. Dear Friends: Thanks for your splendid sup port, enthusiasm, and many ef forts and accomplishments dur ing the past summer and the King Korn Karnival. We truly appreciate your in terest and favors. Sincerely Ward F. Pscherer Band Members and Ward Pscherer Director WALLPAPER in O for Better Paper Hanging Interior Decorating Contracting RENT a Floor Sander or Wallpaper Steamer PLATTSMOUTH PAINT STORE 337 Main Ph. 6173 11 BUY IN PLATTSMOUTH TRACTOR PAYS OFF WELL Falls City, Neb. (UPt One Richardson county farmer is positive that inflation is z reality. He bought a tractor in 1941 for $1,350 and after usine it for seven years, sold it for $1,670. STUMPED BY STAMP Milwaukee (UP) Mrs. Eugene Stamm was puzzled when a package on which she had past ed some 10-cent stamps was re turned with the words, "void as postage," stamped on it. Then she examneid the stamps more closely. They were war savings stamps. Crossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL 1 T detect S Thread 9 Ancient piitol 12 Knowledge 13 Cupd 14 Medieval hield 15 Water channel 17 Lejal punishment 19 Pertaining to th teeth 1 Girl 22 Narrow valley 24 Conjunction 25 T state ""i EJectr-ried particle . ' Capers 29 Colloquial: father 31 Fate 32 Exclamation if incredul.ty 33 Sun sod 34 Cleaning implement 35 By 3 Theatrical dance 38 Ancient bronze 39 Vehicle for hire 40 Upon 41 Poker stake 42 Cat s cry 44 Iroquois tribesman i 4 Ta extol 48 The Devil 31 Through B2 Fore part of a ship 54 Tableland 53 Ocean 56 Serf T To leak VERTICAL Sprite The sun Discreet Country f S. W. 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